A Waxahachie man was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Friday after being convicted of killing two people while driving drunk, according to the Collin County District Attorney’s Office.

Murrell Norman Muck, 38, was convicted of intoxication manslaughter by a Collin County jury and will have to serve at least half of his sentence before being eligible for parole.

Muck had been drinking at a bar in The Colony and said he was headed home at about 2:35 a.m. on March 20, 2011. Prosecutors say he was speeding eastbound on the George Bush Turnpike service road when he ran a red light and struck a motorcycle.

Motorcycle driver Pedro Patzan-Lima, 22, was northbound on Coit Road and had the right of way with a green light. He and his passenger, Kelly Porto-Carrero, 21, both died of blunt force injuries sustained in the collision.

Muck had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.13, which is above the legal limit of 0.08, prosecutors said. During punishment phase of the trial, prosecutors said Muck admitted that he had not stopped drinking since the collision occurred.